This is what I sent to DIGS about a week ago. (DIGS = Dabs Investment Gambling Security).. The name and the entire project is just for the lulz.
For reference, the first bet of this kind is also in this thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=238613.msg2657456#msg2657456Ok, again, as I have just informed you all, we hit the 6 loss streak. Here is the screen capture:
dooglus was also kind enough to make us this graph:
From the graph, the first dip in the first square was my first 5 loss streak. I was alone. The second dip in the 5th square was my first 6 loss streak, that everyone knows now, were someone loaned me 11 coins to get the win, then promptly sent all the profits to him.
Then the first investor sent me a PM and gave me 2.5. So I put in 1 of my own again, then the rest of you came in.
The last part in the 7th square is our nose dive. This is where we are right now.
Now, here are some more information regarding this 6th bet.
1. This is the 2nd time it has happened. The first time was 842001 rolls in. This time it is at roll 1334413 or exactly 492412 rolls after the first.
2. This is expected. We were actually waiting for this. I just did not expect it to happen so much sooner and took the risk of gaining back the lost 1 BTC, which we did gain back, then promptly lost it all.
After 7 days, whether or not we reach the target, I will post on the just-dice thread and offer the 7th bet (and the next run of 400k rolls) to the public. Those will be accounted for separately. The original investors start with whatever we get back (or a little bit more)
Hi all gamblers. This is the public "opening" of my second 7th bet after a 6 loss streak on 87.7779% chance to win. We all start on the 2nd run with one giant big 7th bet.
After two days, I send another update to all of us on our progress. For whoever is sending 92 BTC now, I will promptly send you back 100 BTC after 2 days. You can then re-invest it if you wish, but I like to start smaller.
The max profit of 395 BTC allows for a bet as high as 3089 BTC on 87.7779% chance to win.
I know you whales out there have 64 or 128 because I saw you gambling it. Unless you've already lost all of that... You're gonna gamble it anyway on 50%, this is a better option, especially right now we are at the 7th bet.
The deposit address is the same:
15mVXFwoVZNh9HyoAvv4zBUfYoS2ktx2pP
Goes directly to just-dice.
If you send from a wallet you control (you can sign bitcoin messages with it) please sign the message and PM (or email) the transaction.
Otherwise, PM (or email) me what you intend to send first (include a random looking amount of satoshis to distinguish your deposit from others), then when I confirm, go ahead and send it.
The deadline is 1 week from now, or about August 13, 2013, Tuesday.
I already have contributions totaling 10 BTC and I have a pledge from another person to send another 20 BTC. The goal is to collect at least 92.
For reference, the chance of a 7 loss streak happening is 0.00004074% so there is a 99.99995926% chance of it not happening.
My interpretation of that is the 7th bet has a 99.99995926% chance to win.
I must add that several people have told me that:
No... the odds of winning the 7th bet are the same as every other bet you place. Each event is independent and is not correlated to any other event.
Then someone else said this:
And what were the chances of 10 heads in a row when you look back after the whole sequence? 1/1024. In hindsight, when the event has happened, we can of course pretend that the probability is 1. But that's not really a probability, because probabilities are used to account for uncertain future events and not past events that are certain.
The 50/50 chance for a portion of coin toss sequence is temporary. A priori, the probability of the 10 loss sequence is 1/1024. In retrospect, the probability of any 10 loss sequence, materialized or not, is 1/1024.
Probability is a tricky bitch, it doesn't stay put where logic dictates it should. That instability is of course because it is a human crafted model and not part of reality as such. We can talk about it for decades and write books about its metaphysics. But according to my view, the probability of his full sequence of 7 losses to materialize was, and always will remain, 1 in ~2 million (and it didn't happen Smiley).
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=238613.msg2658989#msg2658989Anyway ...
Immediately after the 7th bet, I start a run for 100k rolls which should last about 2 days (at 50k rolls per day.)
After that I return all the coins everyone sent, plus interest just for the 7th bet, of approximately 8.6%.
If we used exactly 92 BTC, I will send back 100 BTC to those who contributed to the 92 BTC 7th bet.
If we used more, because more people sent (or because it came from the public), I will use a 92 / 100 ratio, which is about 8.6% (it is exactly *1.08695652173913)
As usual, the standard disclaimer, this is gambling, we can possibly lose it all at any time, etc etc.
So while the odds are very high to win, there is still that teeny weeny tiny chance that we lose it all on the first 6 rolls after the 7th bet.
Dabs
Note: You are in this private message list (and email) because you are either an investor, a speculator, or a curious dung beetle watching the milky way galaxy. You also are someone who believes in my magic seeds or dragon babies, you are a whale, a dolphin, an orca or a fish; some or all of us have been inflicted with Gambler's Fallacy.
P.S. To those who have "trust issues" PM me and I will reply privately, so you know you can trust me with your bitcoins. I promise not to steal them. I do promise, that I will gamble them according to the steps described above.
TL;DR = Who wants to bet, that my next bet is going to win? Don't answer, just send your coins and PM me.